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Dida, the majestic female elephant aged between 60 and 65 years, died of old age at Kenya’s Tsavo East National Park. Believed to be Africa’s largest female tusker while she lived and thrived on Kenyan grasslands, Dida came to symbolise the elevated stature of her species in African wildlife. Dida lived well beyond the expected life expectancy for an elephant in the wild, flaunting her long tusks and weathering tusker thick skin for tourists and native Kenyan citizens alike.
Dida was a tusker elephant, meaning her tusks were so large they reached the ground. She was considered the iconic matriarch in Tsavo East National Park.